Six Olympic champions and a Paralympic gold medallist from Paris 2024 have been nominated for the 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sifan Hassan, Faith Kipyegon are up for World Sportswoman of the Year, with all three starring in the French capital last year.
After a world-record breaking run to retain her Olympic title in the 400m hurdles, McLaughlin-Levrone followed that up by helping the US women’s 4x400m team secure gold at the State de France.
Hassan created history in Paris by becoming the first ever female athlete to secure three medals in the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon.
The Dutch athlete claimed bronzes in the 5000m and 10,000m and then took gold over 26.2 miles, all in the space of just six days.
Kipyegon won her third Olympic consecutive 1500m title last year – becoming the first ever athlete to achieve the feat – after golds at both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
The Kenyan also added Olympic silver in the 5000m and lowered her own world of record to 3:49.04 at the Paris Diamond League.
Mondo Duplantis is nominated for Sportsman of the Year, while Letsile Tebogo and Julien Alfred could win the World Breakthrough of the Year Award.
At the Paris Olympics, Duplantis retained his pole vault title with a world record of 6.25m, with the Swede having since raised that mark to 6.27m.
Tebogo became Botswana’s first ever Olympic champion with 200m gold in the French capital, clocking an African record of 19.46 – a time that placed him fifth on the all-time list over half a lap.
The 21-year-old then followed that up by helping Botswana’s men’s 4x400m team secure an Olympic silver medal, finishing behind the US.
Alfred meanwhile became the Olympic 100m champion in Paris, backing that title up with silver in the 200m.
They were Saint Lucia’s first ever medals at the Games and the country then declared a national holiday to commemorate Alfred.
Catherine Debrunner, after a record-breaking summer, is up for World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.
The Swiss athlete secured five gold medals in the T53 400m and 800m plus T54 1500m, 5000m and marathon. She also claimed silver in the T53 100m.
Away from the Olympics, Debrunner won the London, Chicago and Berlin Marathons.
Source: AW
